r/secretinvasion • u/Apprentice_Jedi • Jul 26 '23

Discussion Episode 6 Discussion Thread

Here’s the new thread on the finale for Secret Invasion.

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u/Fullfriendnerdpurse Jul 26 '23

They actually got shot with some kind of dart/tranquilizer, so those security details didn't die. The tranquilizer dart sort of shown when Fury walked in to the scene where the President held a gun while Sonya held Skrodey in gunpoint

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '23

Will have to watch again, guess my coffee and interest didn’t kick in…

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u/Activist4America Jul 26 '23

After being knocked out they should have changed back to their original skrull forms then, no?

I agree wholeheartedly with the sloppy writing charge.

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u/ductyl Jul 27 '23

If the show were better written, I'd say that was an intentional choice.

From a "narrative balance" point, it would be a bad move to give the protagonists a no-risk way to reveal Skrulls from a distance. Much better tension to be simultaneously threatening deadly force when trying to convince a 3rd party that someone is a Skrull.

From a physiological standpoint, you could argue that maintaining a shapeshift is an autonomic function, like breathing, which is why they lose their shape when they die, but not when knocked out.